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mild this evening. there is another hot day in store tomorrow. >>evacuations as fire rips through homes. wildfires burning throughout show you the video. plus, the hot weather.not making it any easier for firefighters. the heat wave will last.next at 5. hot weather, high fire danger. thousands of acres burning in southern california. parts of the pacific coast highway closed in ventura county. and the bay area bakes. a heat advisory in effect. too. i'm pam moore. the news at five is next. now at five. scorching hot temperatures you are looking live from our camera atop mount tamalpais. hazy today -- a lot of smoke in the air from the north bay fires and some record high temperatures broken. chief meterologist jacqueline bennet is standing by in the weather center. tracking the heat? hot temperatures and high wildfires in southern county. destructive is this one in ventura county. it's called the springs fire. right near camarillo.about 50 miles north-west of los angeles. this one's more than 10
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square miles. it started this morning at 7:00 - and is spreading for 2 years with qualifying bundles. it went from 10 acres burned to 65-hundred acres have burned in just 5 hours. the wild-fire burned some rv's.like this one. also destroyed some boats. look how close it is to highway 101. 9 miles of the pacific coast highway were shut down. neighborhoods have been evacuated. this thing is burning very close to homes. we have video from a neighborhood where wind is blowing flames closer and watch right here.fire appears.residents here in this upscale newbury park subdivision are long gone as homes are thereatened. you can barely see this house and the flames in the background. winds around 25 miles per hour are making things tough.the terrain is hilly. helicopters are being used for water drops. at this point.about 600 firefighters are fighing this ventura county fire. we'll be staying on top of the situatuon in souther california. wildfires.
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>> the big news tonight is the wild fires in ventura >> i am here with county to. the stick closer look at the helicopters making runs. we have been spokesperson and the hedge to tell me latest regards talking to people on the this fire. how do we get ground in southern california and they are saying that the winds are this fire 100 percent blowing towards the ocean contained today?. and we do and they are hoping that the marine ler's will blanco on land. more than 6,500 a. have burned so far. not see any flames or >> firefighters have been smoked but we are not want to be san that right now trying to make water drops from helicopters today. a because of the work that you are doing. hazardous materials team has been sent out because there >> it is too dangerous for is a lagoon the farms us to go in any closer. property in cows state where >> the property owner is they store toxic pesticides. >> as you can see the flames kindle jackson is that correct. are really coming right now. will be right
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>> thank you very much angry. this just in. the woman accused of trying to poison customers at a san jose starbucks, will be released from jail -- for now. prosecutors say, they are *not filing any charges, pending further investigation. on tuesday, police say the 50-year-old suspect was spotted putting orange juice bottles, spiked with a lethal does of rubbing avenue.
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(jrs) 8 year old murdered latest-ots the central valley. investigators say, a man kidnapping case in suspect in the killing of an 8 year old girl. leila fowler was stabbed to death last saturday in her on the loose. following the story. and was today. those here at the sheriff's office remain tight lipped about the investigation. work being done. i was on a side street this morning and from that street you can actually see the home where leila fowler was killed. two tents have been set up outside the house. more than a dozen people with cal fire arrived on was there they used weed wackers to cut the grass. some of which was two to three feet high. as they cut the grass law enforcement officials walked the area looking for any clues. it's hard to see these people standing on the fowler's deck but i used binaculars and can tell you their shirts say fbi. at this point it appears the fbi has take a much bigger role in this case.
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while i was on scene watching all of this it didn't appear that anything of any major significance was found. as for any suspects in this case, no one has been name. and no one including family members have been ruled out fowler's death. reporting in calaveras county, j.r. stone kron 4 news. shooting at houston's airport today. it happened near a ticket counter at bush international airport. witnesses say the man fired into the ceiling. a federal agent told him to drop the gun - then fired at apparently tried to shoot himself at the same time. which bullet killed him. the man has not been identified. no one else was hurt. incoming flights were because of the shooting. 'armed and dangerous,' 'most wanted,' and 'extremely unpredictable'. all are among the terms being used to describe a fugitive wanted by the authorities in six bay area counties tonight.
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a reward is being offered the capture of dimitiri storm. and residents of the being urged not to confront him. kron four's rob fladeboe >> it is now time for gary brings you up to date on that. and where deputies from the jack in the box sports cast. >> mark jackson before the wanted posters like this one are now posted throughout the santa cruz mountains tipoff he was hit with a where 42-year-old dimitri $25,000 fine for " storm is thought to be living hand-to-mouth, sleeping in stolen attempting to influence the s.u.v's, and evading capture by moving around on backroads he has known officiating. since he was a kid. >> he did not let it go sot dep. jim hart/santa cruz county sheriffs dept. 36 52 after tuesday night's game he reiterated his feelings yesterday. mark jackson 25 deputies announced a $500 brand lighter. reward for information about >> in reading the statement storm's whereabouts and showed several recent issued by the nba i am photographs of the man who is suspected of pointing a gun at a extremely thankful that i am soquel hills resident, assaulting a sonoma county deputy and stealing at least not find for criticizing the ten vehicles in the past referees. bomb mark jackson monterey, sonoma, santa san mateo counties. stated.
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>> i smile $25,000 letter sot dep jim hart standup marked just stated. >> as long as mark when he this is surveillance video of storm holding a tool of is entertaining. some kind as he committed one of some 40 car >> the stars of the series burglaries in the past month, most recently here on west zayante road in has become jackson and the felton. deputies say storm has a history of drug and denver stars. >> i like some other guys alcohol abuse, is armed and capable of violence. they are really good. >> that statement is defense >> we have been told by family members see has a long history of mental respectful. that statement illness, and he is extremely dangerous.
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again was disrespectful is of hs sot dep. jim hart players. >> i have never ever wanted own out santa cruz mountains rob fladeboe kron 4 news. to hurt anybody the players new tonight police have released this mug shot of an elementary school teacher. stated. of child molestation. >> scott hastings got into kron 4's maureen kelly reports. there are several young victims identified in this case. union city police say their the at same that jackson has on april 12th after an employee here at alvarado school walked into michael no class. howey's thrid grade >> i little surprise after a classroom.and alledgedly saw him inappropriately touching one of his female students. after interviewing a number of students in his class. investigators arrested howey at his home thurday night. he faces 17 felony counts of annoying and molesting a tough loss i thought jackson child. but police would give few have more class. penal code. both of those involved in them >> the reason i can't stop police won't say exactly how many victims there are.other than to say there it is a significant number of thrid grade girlsbetween the ages of 8 and 9. investigators are continuing to interview could be add'l victims and add'l counts had no previous complaints he's taught in their smiling is that one day schools. million dollars. he's court these guys look back on this
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want to win tonight. >> how this phillipe djegal see tonight's outcome? >> i was here in 2007 saw the dallas merritt mavericks play that warriors. ellis said it will be heading back to san antonio. >> phillipe djegal is predicting a warrior wind and on to the next round. >> he is quoting jay z " on to the next one. >> we're looking at roughly >> more trouble for the new eastern span of the bay
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bridge. as you know engineers are still trying to determine how to repair dozens of bolts that have cracked. now it's come to light they are also dealing with some miniscule cracks in certain welds at the base of the new span's tower. where the problem is. >> and you tell me exactly a seventh game. what the latest problem is. >> the growing phillipe >> what we have found is that there are some very tame a less than a hairline crack are round of base of the suspension towers. >> after the tower was constructed at the base still plays were used to connect at independent legs at the base. the welds that were used to connect these
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place to the tower legs. we djegal appeared we are are in the process of looking and roughly a 740 cutting out the bad welds start of the game tonight and replacing woods new the warriors against denver. wells. >> it is not a safety malign the warriors and nuggets will start tonight problem in terms of safety and hopefully the warriors driving across the bridge. will win. >> there is obviously a lot the bridge is designed to move with the movement the to do not want to much of hoopla border route about movement. our series. we'll want to >> stay focused on winning the game. it is all about tried a deadly crash in livermore brought traffic to a halt during the morning commute. to get the win tonight. it's this is video over the about who wants it more. we scene partnership with abc 7 news. have a lot of hungry guys on the team that want to win the crash happened just tonight. after 8-am, on westbound
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580, near the airway >> we're looking for to the boulevard onramp. a black range rover veered game this is gary. still and overturned. one person died, two others were seriously hurt. 11-am. state- one of the two teenaged hikers rescued after a four-day search of california wilderness has possession of methamphetamines. this is 19-year-old nicholas cendoya. it's now being reported that authorities found the drug in his car.while looking for him and his companion - 18-year-old kyndall jack. cendoya was dehydrated and delirious when rescued a few days after easter. both hikers say they don't remember much of their ordeal - beyond hallucinations. if convicted on the drug charge - cendoya faces up to three years in jail. >>, and apollo later in the >> a live look outside now broadcast we will be showing look at the golden gate you the highlights from the game with denver and the bridge. very high today. we warriors will be right back are having a heat wave in
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the bay area. >> things will cool down dramatically after to mark. >> novado 90 degrees. 91 and napa. 90 sunnyvale. 92 livermore. a number of (horn blowing) record number high temperatures today. >> nighty oakland. 87 in richmond. 90 in hayward. downtown san francisco 90. tomorrow another hot day. a
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despite the effect an temperatures. nasa created this animation, showing the accelerating climate change since 1950. year was 58=degrees farenheit. >> we broke a number of
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brokers out there today for the high temperatures in the bay area. we broke or tie 8 previous records. oakland broke a previous record along with hayward. 92 to degrees in sunnyvale. 93 livermore. it was a very hot day today. 91 in oakland breaking previous record by six degrees. 91 in mountain view. >> current conditions of very very warm outside. it is another hot day in store tomorrow. >> back to the wild fires
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the largest in been terror. >> paul thank you for joining us what can you tell us that is happening right now. >> new pam the good news for the firefighters is that they have not lost any houses allies at this point. they have pulled out a chain saws and hoses. 6,500 a. of land burned. the fire is burning towards point of view. no homes have been
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lost in newburgh park today due to the wild fires. firefighters are doing everything is that can to contain fires. >> describe the winds and temperatures there today. >> earlier the wins were unpredictable. the gusts were about 40 mi. per hour. the winds are extremely calm right now and that is helping the firefighters to contain the fires. we have had very little rain in southern california. this is
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more like late summer or early fall for these wild fires. firefighters will have to keep a watch on every fire to make sure that they do not spread quickly because the land is so dry. >> the hazardous materials
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crew has just been called in to respond to the hazardous toxic texas pesticides. many
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people have been evacuated up to 8000 in the cam lo river area. northern california has fires burning. >> six wild fires are being fought by firefighters california. the cedar fire has burned 55 a. and is 50 percent contained. sonoma county started on tuesday evening has burned 125 a..
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firefighters hope to have this fire contained sometime tomorrow evening. in southern california there are a pair of new while the fires. these fires are about 70 mi. east of las angeles in riverside. >> in ventura county is the springs fire. >>
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that's an increase of one full degree since 1950. compare that to an increase of less than half that amount in the 70 years previous. for the u=s last year was the all=time hottest year. a full degree above the previous high in 1998. and last year could have been even hotter. if not for that's an upsurge of cooler water in the pacific, the opposite of el nino, when warm pacific waters raise tempatures worldwide. warm pacific waters raise tlook at them kids.e. [ sigh ]
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in effect in the bay area. a big night for the golden state warriors. playoff game 6 is tonight against the denver nuggets and it will be played here before the hometown crowd. if they win tonight, they take the series and move to the next round. kron four's phillipe djegal is live at the oracle arena. where excited fans are starting to arrive. phillippe ? tag the tech talk-top fs >> pam it is definitely worn out here. we are just a few hours away from tip off. you can see a lot of blue and gold and yellow. a lot of optimism as fans make their way into the rainer hoping for a repeat of 2007. the series win at home tonight would send this crowd up in
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a frenzy. curry had 31 points with a 22 point third quarter. >> and will be optimistic tonight. >> let's go warriors. >> they are back at the oracle greener. the excitement in the community is behind them. >> it is an exciting atmosphere here. and get on their feet and they are crazy about the warriors.
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head coach mark jackson will address the media today. he was fined $25,000 by the nba. he was upset with the way the officials care of themselves. >> we will hear from coach mark jackson later in the newscast. >> it is a summer springlike day around the bay area today. traffic is pretty heavy in most direction. the air-conditioned are blasting because it is hot outside. >> it is still warm outside with a heat advisory that will remain in effect threw out tonight. our high
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temperature were across the board in the 90s today. still in the '90s in hayward. 91 in pleasanton. closer to the coast line temperatures have cooled off nicely. as we look ahead to tomorrow and the next few days, we will see more of the winds. saturday will cool a little bit more. sundays will be back in the '60s. >> let's get a look at that he advisory. the coast line is getting some relief from the heat. everywhere else
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will stay warm throughout the evening. tomorrow morning will be '50s and '60s to start the morning. by 10:00 a.m. it will be seven degrees. the high temperature will be in the upper 80s to mar. 87 in palo alto. santa clara 85. low 90s in the inland valleys. '70s and '80s in the east bay shore. today along the coastline were looking at temperatures that were in the '60s at the beginning of the day. >> if you have allergies there is a high pollen alert today. saturday will also be high pollen alert. if you suffer from allergies please
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be prepared for high pollen alert. sunday and monday we will start to get more of those sea bream wins. >> next week more cloud coverage expected. >> you can catch the latest newscast on comcast's channel 193. >> only 18 days away from the bay to breakers. [ male announcer ] a north atlantic lobster tail
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is 6,500 a. have burned today. about 10 square miles have burned among three significant wildfires. thousands have been evacuated. and has met team has been brought in as a pesticide has started to burn. it is a nursery. this is a developing story in southern california will take a break and be right back. [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start.
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massive wildfires in southern california. this one first reported at seven this morning has spread to 65=hundred acres in ventura county, forcing the evacuation of schools and homes and closing the pacific coast highway. more fires also burning in northern california as the bay area swelters in a record heat wave. in valley springs. >> we're looking at live pictures from ventura county. they're off three
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significant wildfires in southern cal fought fires. high temperatures and high winds are fueling the wild fires. you can see the flames right now it looks like a structure is burning. this one is called the springs fire appeared it is more than 10 square miles. it started at 7:00 a.m. this morning and is spreading very very fast. 6,500 a. burned within five hours. look at how close the fire is to highway 1 01. it caused 9 mi. of the pacific coast highway to be closed down. this is video from a
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neighborhood where winds were blowing the fire closer and closer to the homes. watch as the flames continued to creep. the wind is blowing that way. smoking is very intense, and you can barely see this home. the smoke is so dense that helicopters are dropping water and fire retardant from above. the fires have died down a little bit. . there are 600 firefighters battling this fire in ventura county. see all of this black smoke and flames this is a highly toxic past decide. many homes are threatened. again the
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flames right fare as you can see. >> here at home in the north bay crews continued to battle flames close to the vineyards. >> here on the front lines the fire in sonoma account of the firefighters have made significant progress fighting these fires. firefighters have wiped out the flames and smoke with the hardware. >> as you can see it is very steep as you get to the base
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of the mouth. crews have been working hard for a couple of days now. they have to hike all the way in. >> this is extremely valuable land out here because this is why country. >> we did manage to save about 200 of the by vineyards. >> firefighters will be out here all night long and hope to have 100 percent containment by friday. >> please take a closer look the situation is developing by the minute. inventor countering the flames are pretty intense and looks like one side of the building is totally on fire. black smoke is in emanating in from this area.
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so coke appears to be very thick and dense. >> it has been very hot here locally. we set the record highs today. 91 in santa rosa. 91 concord. name me in hayward. 93 in livermore. 92 in oakland. half moon bay hit the high temperature about 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> mountain view to hide a previous record at 91. karin
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conditions is a little cooler closer to the coast line. 71 and daily city. 90 in napa. 90 in fairfield. nenes also in pleasanton and livermore. heat advisory remains in until 9:00 tonight. the coastline is giving some relief from the heat. >> we are expecting a hot day tomorrow but not as hot as today. >> investigators say a man arrested for an attempted kidnapping casein placerville is not likely to be a suspect in the murder of leila fowler. that means the suspect who
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stabbed fowler to death in her home is not in police custody. kron-4's j.r. stone was the only san francisco reporter on the scene as investigators searched fowler's yard today. >> this is the home more a year old male afoul was murdered. kron4 was the only bay area news station that was there. cal fire used to weed whackers to cut the grass. law enforcement walked the area looking for clues. their shirts say fbi. it appears that the fbi is taking a much larger role in this case.
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>> my brother said that he is really scared for his sister and his family now since this has happened. >> the sheriff's office said they will be updating me at 7:00 and will have all new information tonight at 8:00 p.m.. more trouble at the new eastern span of the bay bridge. crews have discovered miniscule cracks in about 20 welds located at the base of the new span's tower. the cracks are said to be smaller than a hair, and are being repaired by hand. at this point 50% of that work is completed and officials insist this is not a major issue. >> this does not impact the structural integrity of the bridge. this is a safety project. everything on this
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project is a safety issue. this will not impact people's ability to drive on the bridge. in the meantime, investigators are still determining just how many cracked bolts have to be repaired on a different portion of the bridge. and if that will impact the scheduled labor day weekend opening of the new span. officials are expected to present those answers to local lawmakers at a meeting next week. a report by the sacramento asked to do a technical review of the bay bridge may have some ties to the california department of transportation and bay bridge contractors. a new panel was created after the bee investigation showed conflicts of interest involving members of a cal-trans review panel that said the bridge foundation was sound last year.
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according to the story, five of the seven members had relationships with caltrans, bay bridge contractors or both. the legislative analyst's office -- though -- says it closely examined the conflicts, deemed them as minor and consulted with senate transportation experts during the selection process. kron-4 will stay on this story and bring you the latest information as it comes in. he is among the most wanted of fugitives from marin county to big sur and the hunt for him has intensified tonight. we're talking about this storm, the object of a new $500 dollar reward being offered by the santa cruz county sheriff's department. storm is suspected in at least ten vehicle thefts and as many as 40 vehicle burglaries over the past month. he was last seen in the area of soquel san jose road near the summit in the santa cruz mountains where deputies believe storm is sleeping in stolen vehicles, living hand-to-mouth and dodging deputies on
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backroads he has known since he was a kid. deputies say storm should be considered armed and dangerous, has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse unpredictable. their search is being focused on in the san lorenzo valley, on the hills.
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malign an all-out brawl on a bust in houston as we continue the news coming up bust in houston as we continue the news coming up in a few minutes. çwçñlook at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? [ kids cheering ] you're missing a good game over here. those kids wouldn't have lasted one day in our shoes.
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a third grade teacher at alvarado elementary school in union city has beenhere you can see michael howey's mugshot. police say there are a significant number of female victims.all of them are his students.between the ages of 8 and 9. he's faces 17 felony counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14. as well as 23 misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting a child. school how they felt about had to say. >> to protect them we also spoke to two parent of children in the suspect's appear on camera. one said howey is a good the news. not elaborate. ramineh bebehahneyun -- the poisoned bottles of orange juice inside a refrigerator full of items at a san jose jail after no charges were bebehaheyun was arrested monday after a customer said she swapped out two bottles of orange juice with her own bottles that she allegedly brought to the coffee shop. the bottles contained lethal doses of rubbing alcohol. the case is still under review. file charges in a case or the suspect is released from custody. when we return, the attorney make good on one of her promises. to fight truancy. inauguration. we'll show you her plan. and the state senate wants
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to fight bullying in schools. and is considering a bill that would help make things easier to report it. why reporting bullies could be as simple as a text message. and you have to see this. an all-out brawl on a bus in state attorney generaland she wrote a letter to superintendent to make it she said at her inauguration -- where she said she would go after parents of kids who skip school. now -- remember that promise. steps she wants to see taken in dealing with truant students. days without a valid excuse. first truancy. one face-to-face meeting with the parent or guardian continued unexcused absences. but it never says any parent will be held accountable for
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the california state senate that would establish a statethe bill was co- authored by a sacramento mother whose son committed suicide on his 17th birthday because of peer abuse. the bill would offer kids several ways besides thetext messaging, instant messaging and e-mail wouldif the bill clears the front of the full senate new developments in the attack. the laptop computer bomber jahar sarniev. no one is saying how the f- b-i came in possession ofbut just yesterday - three of the suspect's friendsof helping to dispose of potential evidence after the bombings. removed things from jo- har's dorm room - including his laptop. claimed. tamerlin sarniev's body was taken to a funeral home earlier tonight. he died after a gunfight with authorities.and police say his younger brother drove over him while speeding away from the scene. ago that the surviving that he and his brother had also considered striking on the fourth of july.but finishing work on the bombs today filed a new legal subsidies in the affordable care act -- known as obama- care. they argue they should not have to provide health insurance to employees, and
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that their employees also should not be able to get them afford coverage on their own. of illegally helping peoplethe i-r-s had no comment. president obama is in mexico about jobs and trade, andelected.. he's spending time with mexico's new president - who who wants to end the access american security agencies have had in mexico to help fight drug trafficking and organized crime. the white house says it will making any decisions. >> record-setting heat out there today. tomorrow will be another hot day. more records will be broken. we will see a lot of '80s and '90s. it is cooling in richmond at 74 degrees. high in the '90s in oakland today. 90 in fairfield. 88 in sunnyvale. still warm this afternoon. the heat
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advisory in effect until about 9:00 tonight. the coast line is not included in the heat advisory. >> tomorrow out the door six days at 8:00 in the morning. will get into the '70s for much of the bay area by 10:00. by noon more 80 degrees. in the later afternoon it will be in the '80s with a few low 90s. >> upper 80s in the south bay area. near 90 in cupertino. 87 and san jose.
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low 90s in livermore antioch fairfield. the east bay shores will be a big difference from today will be 10 degrees cooler. closer to the coast line it will stay in the '60s. temperatures a lot cooler than what we saw today. >> 87 santa rosa. a look at your extended forecast to mark a little cooler but still hot. sunday will be much more of a dramatic cooling on sunday and monday. a chance of thunderstorms on monday we will keep you posted on that come up later in the news broadcasts. >> >> watching a live picture
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when we return. you have to see this! it's an all-out brawl on a bus in houston. surprising participants -- take a look at this. this comes to us from houston. where cell phone video of an apparently pregnant 19-year- old girl caught on all-out daughter on a bus. ago. a man shown in the video actually helps to calm the situation, but the fight
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starts back up again. this time, with the 19-year- old pregnant woman as the aggressor! standing outside, calling the police. when police arrived, officers asked if anyone caught the fight on their cellphone. no one said anything. but days later, the fight ended up on you-tube. maybe what's worse. no one called 9-1-1 or an ambulance to help. but all three women were give citations for fighting. assault charges against each other. [ man ] we have a go for auto sequence start. t-minus 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... ignition. [ male announcer ] launch your internet experience on at&t's newly expanded advanced digital network and connect more wi-fi-enabled devices at home. [ female announcer ] call to get u-verse high speed internet starting at $14.95 a month -- a guaranteed price for 12 months. or ask how to get your choice of a kindle fire hd, sonos play:3 or xbox 360 free with other qualifying internet offers. [ male announcer ] and get more speed for wi-fi gaming, more reliability than ever and more connectivity between devices.
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when we return, we'll recap all of our top stories, including the north bay fires. firefighters are finally but the beginning of wildfire season hasn't gotten off to a good start. and the may day protests in san francisco were nothing compared to what happened in seattle. the shocking video of may day clashes -- as the kron-4 news at six continues. you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years.
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>> firefighters have made some progress about 80 percent contained on this fire in ventura. they hope to have 100 percent containment on friday. firefighters were able to save the vineyards on by candle jackson. >> record setting temperatures around the bay area today. we set a new record in santa rosa. new record in oakland 92. richmond 88. san francisco we also tied a new record. it still remains warm outside at this hour. 90
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degree readings 98 in napa. when are returning at this hour. a heat advisory still remains in effect at this hour and later this evening. it is still warm out there. tomorrow morning temperatures '60s and '70s. it will be slower to warm tomorrow. by noon '80s. made '70s and '80s outside to mark. the afternoon high was 75. >> it will be in the upper 80s in the south bay and for the north bay. the extended forecast lam be tt sunday and monday temperatures will be back in the '60s and '70s. >> the person who killed a
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year old girl is still at loews. >> police still search for more evidence for the little girl layoffs fowler. in just over an hour, the golden state warriors try tokron-4's phillippe djegal is very big game for the warriors and their fans tonight. take a look at this. this isn't what you want to wheel. truckee.where a cub somehow got into a car last night. left behind. the car -- and no one was hurt. us from sussex, england. this is a 15-year-old art student and aspiring fashion designer named demi barnes. dress out of paper. specifically -- 15 hundred papers. this is for a school the point that too many which end in divorce.
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the >> this just in to the crown for new to rome remember the mountain is by boyle was injured at the boston ballmer he is getting the app the treatment. the war
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is just treated this pitcher showing the boy a at the game tonight. he also did a lot of interviews. aaron is a big sports fan. this is justin to our newsroom. san the guys who're up this kid has quite a lot happened in the last few weeks. he was a victim of the boston marathon bomber. aaron her and hoping for a warriors win tonight. >> when we come back. high schoolers look forward to two things: prom and yearbook photos. but one teenager in north carolina is upset that her yearbook photo was banned. find out why as the kron-4 news at six continues.
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